Dang. The more information I learn about this world… the more clearly I see the whole of what I don’t know. Which is a lot.

Just when I get some clarity… or think I am starting to get a push in the right direction… here comes a big gust of wind from another bearing.

I heard someone say today that their priorities change “like a fart in the wind.”

Now…. I was familiar with the old analogy… “a candle in the wind.” But this fart in the wind thing adds a whole other dimension to life, I will tell you.

But back to the gathering of information. I like to learn knew things… but it reminds me that there is so much I don’t know yet. Which then becomes exciting… because there is so much to learn.

Okay. A few things I picked up on today.

A Pretzelbender…. now that is a good one. A Pretzelbender can be many things. 1. A peculiar person; an eccentric; one who thinks in a round-about manner. 2. A player of the French horn. 3. A wrestler. 4. A heavy drinker; one who frequents bars.

I once was one kind of Pretzelbender… and now I am a different kind of Pretzelbender. How’s that for transitions in life… like a fart in the wind!

Next good thing I learned….the Japanese have some interesting words. Like this: Karoshi (Japanese): Death from being overworked. I think a lot of Americans think they experience Karoshi. But in Japan, I think it is a literal term. Terminally literal. Or literally terminal.

Speaking of terminal. Trees lose their leaves to prepare for winter. I don’t get this. I would think the leaves would keep the tree warmer in the winter… like guys who grow beards. Or Circus Ladies who grow beards. But instead… the trees drop trow. Nakers in the wind. Brrrrrrrr.

On to the lighter side… if you pluck your Glabella… use a tweezers. But if you decide to pluck your Zither… use a pick. I bet if I didn’t pluck my Glabella, I wouldn’t have one at all.

And BOO! Now if you are a left-hander, that probably scared you more than the right handed readers out there. You see… lefties are more affected by fear. That may be because the right side of the brain, which is dominant in lefties, is more involved in the fear response. Sorry I scared you just then.

And finally….

I think it is true that we don’t really need to learn anything at all in order to treat other people fairly… and to walk through this world in a gentle way.

This “know-how”….. this wisdom….. is inside us. It always has been. Very early on, we instinctively know how to treat others. We grasp this…. because we are fundamentally aware of how we want others to treat us. We know it works the same for everyone.

Unfortunately, this primitive knowledge gets buried under the classifications, pigeon holes, and prejudices we pick up along the way…. in this thing we call life.

Yet…. if we stay quiet enough… for long enough…. we can listen to our spirits and trust our hearts.

We can cherish and celebrate this world, and the others in it… while we are all learning… about all the things we don’t really know.

Whelp. That’s all for tonight.   I do know this……   I sure am glad I gave up Professional Wrestling… so that I have more time to practice the French Horn. We Pretzel Benders have to practice good grooming too… like plucking our Glabellas.

“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.” – Frank Herbert